Wei Jizhong, as a leading figure in the mainland arena, has been constantly abused, many people say that he is a stumbling block for the Chinese women's volleyball team, and it was he who ruthlessly forced away the meritorious coach of the women's volleyball team, Chen Zhonghe, and even Lang Ping was deeply excluded by him.
Wei Jizhong, who is 88 years old, still insists on the front line, but why is he still annoying, what has he done?
As a men's volleyball player, Wei Jizhong, coupled with his high education, has successively served as the secretary general of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the president of the FIVB and other important positions, and also has the absolute right to speak in the field of volleyball.
But it has to be said that even if you have a high authority, you can't blindly make suggestions and make decisions, let alone insist on going your own way and ignore others.
Today's Chinese women's volleyball team's status in the international arena is obvious to everyone, in addition to the hard training of women's volleyball players, it is naturally inseparable from the coaching ability of Lang Ping.
At the Rio Olympics, in the face of the very strong Serbian women's volleyball team, Lang Ping continued to cheer for the Chinese women's volleyball team, but Wei Jizhong said that "Serbia's offensive method is very fierce, and the Chinese women's volleyball team may not be able to withstand it." ”
In the face of this kind of saying that he destroys his own prestige and grows the momentum of others, the audience is naturally angry.
However, the ending made Wei Jizhong slap in the face, and the women's volleyball team, under the leadership of Lang Ping, stood on the stage of the champion again and won the last gold medal.
Such a good result naturally received the attention and blessings of fans all over the world, and for a while, major media published articles to report on Lang Ping's leadership and the hard work of the women's volleyball team.
However, at this gratifying moment, Wei Jizhong began to be a demon again, and he also expressed his views on this matter, he believes that for this successful championship, it is completely the efforts of the women's volleyball team itself, as long as there is a pay, there will be gains.
But in the thousands of words of the article, none of them is due to Lang Ping's senseless dedication, let alone affirming Lang Ping's contribution, as if he was deliberately downplaying the credit of Lang Ping's guidance.
Even said at the end of the article that the Chinese women's volleyball team should accept new coaches and give other coaches the opportunity to bear heavy burdens, so as to discover better talents.
His words unexpectedly aroused public outrage, and many people had already seen through Wei Jizhong's careful thinking, so the State General Administration of Sports had to come forward to say that he would continue to support Lang Ping as a coach.
After that, Lang Ping also lived up to expectations, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won three consecutive Olympic championships under Lang Ping's careful teaching.
In addition, Chen Zhonghe, as a generation of meritorious coaches, could not avoid Wei Jizhong's "impeachment".
You must know that since 2001, the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team has been declining, which also made the Chinese people worry about whether the Chinese women's volleyball team can create glory again.
However, it was the appearance of Chen Zhonghe that brought the Chinese women's volleyball team back to life, and once again let the Chinese people see the hope of the women's volleyball team.
Finally at the 2003 Athens Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team shined on the field and won the gold medal. Behind this is also inseparable from Chen Zhonghe's unique training method.
It can be said that Chen Zhonghe saved the Chinese women's volleyball team from fire and water, accompanied the Chinese women's volleyball team from the trough to glory, and with his experience in the women's volleyball team, it took only three years to lead the new Chinese women's volleyball team to win the Olympic championship again.
However, this also made Wei Jizhong successfully target Chen Zhonghe, and in the following time, Wei Jizhong not only suppressed Chen Zhonghe everywhere, but also interfered in Chen Zhonghe's daily training of the women's volleyball team.
He said that if Chen Zhonghe trains in this way, the Chinese women's volleyball team will not improve, let alone produce results. However, in the face of these disturbing words, Chen Zhonghe didn't care, he only cared about the results of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
But even so, Chen Zhonghe was not favored by Wei Jizhong, because he believed that Chen Zhonghe had never been an athlete, so he naturally had no real understanding and perception of volleyball, and was not suitable to be the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team at all.
But even though Chen Zhonghe led the Chinese women's volleyball team to achieve good results, Wei Jizhong still publicly said, "As long as Chen Zhonghe is here, the Chinese women's volleyball team will not be good!" ”
However, Chen Zhonghe not only did not drop the chain, but in the subsequent games, the Chinese women's volleyball team overcame all the obstacles, and its strength also rose for all to see, but it was not until 2008 that Chen Zhonghe had to withdraw.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the United States women's volleyball team because of a very small mistake under everyone's expectations, which led to a missed gold medal and only won the bronze medal in this game.
You must know that in that year, the coach behind the American women's volleyball team was Lang Ping, the "iron hammer" who was forced to serve as the coach of the United States.
This allowed Wei Jizhong to catch the handle, and because of this, more and more people began to believe what Wei Jizhong said, so Chen Zhonghe was questioned a lot after this competition.
Not only that, Wei Jizhong also openly opposed Chen Zhonghe's continued role as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, saying that he would rather invite foreign coaches to train the Chinese women's volleyball team than Chen Zhonghe stay.
Although Chen Zhonghe said that he also wanted to stay, even Lang Ping, who was far away in the United States, believed that Chen Zhonghe was undoubtedly the best candidate based on the situation of the women's volleyball team at that time.
But unfortunately, in the end, Chen Zhonghe was forced to give way, and it is conceivable that Wei Jizhong also contributed a lot to the trouble.
Then Wei Jizhong naturally elected his fellow countryman Cai Bin to take office, Wei Jizhong has repeatedly said that he wants to support his fellow countrymen, he said that the women's volleyball team is in a period of change, and Cai Bin is fully capable of bringing the women's volleyball team out of the predicament.
However, the follow-up women's volleyball results, presumably everyone is also obvious to all, out of the five games, four of them were defeats, is this what Wei Jizhong called "a qualitative leap"?
This can make the fans unable to sit still, and they have shouted for Cai Bin to come down from the position of head coach, but in the face of the indignation of the masses, Wei Jizhong directly came forward to "protect the calf", he said, "Although the current results are not ideal, I hope everyone can give Cai Bin some room to grow." ”
never thought that as soon as this remark came out, it once again attracted the condemnation of many netizens, and he couldn't bear everyone's accusations, Cai Bin had no choice but to announce his abdication, and in just one year, Cai Bin gradually faded out of everyone's field of vision.
In addition, even the table tennis world is indispensable to Wei Jizhong.
In 2017, Liu Guoliang, the head coach of Chinese table tennis, stepped down without warning and disappeared from the public eye.
For a while, it aroused the curiosity and puzzlement of many fans, and the team members also fell into chaos and boycotted the game to protest.
You must know that Liu Guoliang, as the winner of the first Grand Slam of Chinese table tennis, has been recognized by everyone since he became the head coach of Chinese table tennis.
When everyone was speculating about the reason for Liu Guoliang's resignation, Wei Jizhong began to make his own remarks again.
He said that everyone should respect Liu Guoliang's choice, let him rest for a while, and at the same time give other newcomers some opportunities to exercise.
The appearance of this remark made everyone seem to understand something, and Wei Jizhong once again aroused everyone's disgust because of this incident.
Fortunately, Liu Guoliang returned to the national table tennis team with the support of everyone, and the national table tennis gradually returned to the right track.
In fact, Wei Jizhong has made a lot of contributions to the country, he has done his best for China's sports cause, and has made great contributions to the success of China's Olympic bid by virtue of his status and ability.
Now at the age of 88, he could have enjoyed his old age in peace, but he did not do so, and he still chose to run rampant in the sports world, because he always believed in his vision and judgment.
But I have to say that in this era of progress, our way of thinking should be improved, and Wei Jizhong's thinking has been detached from today's sports development trend, maybe it is time for him to retire.
Information sources:
China News Network "Wei Jizhong: Lang Ping is very patriotic, but she is not suitable to be the coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team"
Phoenix.com's "Liu Guoliang reveals the inside story of the outgoing head coach for the first time!" Facing CCTV's response to the boycott
Beijing News "Lang Ping Returns the Spirit of the Old Women's Volleyball Team to Wei Ji Zhongzan's Huge Potential"